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Les@ Patent No. 61,694, amd January 29, 1867.'

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. WIESMANN, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county,and State of Ohio., have inventedA a new and useful Improvement inExpress OalLSigns, of which the following is a full and cleardescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making part of this specification.

My improvement-vin call-signs c onsists in the coilstruction andarrangement of sign-boards in a frame, whereby muchtime is saved inexhibiting and removing from sight the call-sign or call-signs.

Figure 1 represents in perspective a. lcall-sign frame having mylimproved call-sign boardsattached.

Figuref 2l represents in section taken longitudinally my improvedcall-sign.

A is the frame o f the call-sign, having the cross-strips A', to whichare hinged, ata, a series of sign-boards', B C C. As the frame A hangs,the sign-boardsA are hinged vto the lowest strip, and when closed shutsinto the. vspace (being turned upwards) ybetween two strips, A', andheld in place by the spring-catch 6.

Opration.

When one desires to sunlmon a dray or express, the express-call isplaced in sight of the highway, the spring-catch b drawn back, freeingthe sign-board from the upper cross-strip. It may then beletd'own untilsug pended from hinge a, as shown in the accompanying drawings. Thedrayman or expressman answering thev call, closes the sign-board byrevolving it upon the hinges a, and lcausing spring-catch b to take holdof the upper cross-strip A', as shown at B in the drawings. The signsare housed from the weather during most of the time, preserving them,besides economlizing by saving much time in adjusting' the signs.

Having fully described my call-sign, its construction and use, I make`the following claim;

The frame A, hinged sign-boards B O, and spring-catch b, constructed andarranged as above describedv and for the purposeset forth.

JOSEPH B. WIESMANN.

Witnesses:

WM. DOEGEN, 'JOHN D; TABLEMAN.

